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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[February, 
Brush and Poles for peas and beans must be cut 
now if not yet done. 
Flower Warden and Lawn. 
But little can be done here except to follow the 
hints of last month. Should the snow be off, the 
rubbish which was left last fall may be gathered 
and removed to the manure, or burn heap, as the 
case may be. If any of the coverings given to 
half hardy plants have been removed by winds or 
other means, replace them immediately. Make 
plans for any improvements which are to be car¬ 
ried out this spring. If new roads or walks are to 
be made, gravel and other road material may be 
carted while the teams are not busy. 
Trees and Shrubs .—If any are to be planted in the 
spring, order now, so that they may be on hand as 
soon as the ground will allow them to be set. 
Evergreens, with a fair share of deciduous kinds 
intermixed, make a better appearance than if cither 
was used alone. Never set evergreens so near the 
house that they will exclude light from the rooms. 
Wreenliouse and Wiadow Plants. 
The plants, both in the house and greenhouse, 
should now look their best, and this can only be 
secured with care and attention. The plants must 
be kept in a growing and healthy condition. Care¬ 
ful ventilation is needed, and a constant watch for 
the numerous insects which infest all house-plants. 
Camellias.— Re-pot, if they need it, when the 
bloom is over. Use fresh loam, mixed with a small 
portion of sand, taking care that the earth is 
pressed down firmly around the roots. Keep in a 
cool house, and syringe once or twice a week. 
Forcing .—Such plants as Astilbe Japonica and 
Diceutra, and the like, may now be brought from 
the cellar, and placed in a warm greenhouse, where 
they will soon show their flower-stalks. Both of 
the above plants are excellent for forcing. 
Greenhouse Shrubs, such as Acacias, Banksias, 
Daphnes, Oranges, etc., which flower in the early 
spring, will not usually require watering more than 
two or three times a week. Give plenty of air, for 
without it the plants will not produce perfect flowers 
Cuttings may be made now of the various soft- 
wooded plants, which will be needed either for 
planting the borders in spring, or for exchanges. 
Commercial Matters—Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care¬ 
fully prepared specially for the American Agriculturist , 
from our daily record during the year, show at a glance 
the transactions for the month ending Jan. 13th, 1875, 
and for the corresponding month last year, also for the 
year ending Dec. 31, 1874: 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. line. Hurley. Outs. 
2Z We this m’th324,000 45!),000 1,617,000 13.800 57,000 407,000 
35 d’s lust m’tli367,00S 2,376,000 1,401,000 129,000 307,000 1,312,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Hue. Burley. Outs. 
23 d’s this in’tli291,000 2,911,000 1,918,000 31,000 251,000 2,105,000 
25 d’s last m’tli 360,000 3,001,000 2,315,000 92,000 289,000 1,209,000 
‘4. Comparison with same period at this lime last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wheat. Corn. Eye. Burley. Oats. 
23days 1874...334,000 459,000 1,647,000 13,800 57,000 407,000 
24 days 1873.. .280,416 2,192,000 279,000 26,000 75,000 553,000 
Sai.es. Flour. Wheat. Corn.. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
33 days 1871. ..291,000 2,911,000 1,918,600 34,000 251,000 2,105,000 
24 days 1873.. .328,000 2,651,000 1,614,000 43,000 289,000 1,410,000 
3. Stock of grain in store at New York. 
Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. Malt. 
bush. hush. bush. hush. hush. hush. 
Jan. 11, 1875. .3,675,122 1,019.000 50,889 191,470 877,014 145,617 
Dec. 7, 1874. .4.513,396 1.220,973 15,925 168,391 890,899 135,622 
Nov. 9, 1814..3.680,141 1.727,510 19.133 117,185 791,722 135,882 
Nov. 10, 1813. .1,720,338 3,133,896 22,007 232,942 735,158 82,671 
4. Beceipts at head of tide-water at Albany each season 
to Dec. 1 st. 
1874 
T873 
4872 
1811 
1870 
1874 
181:1 
137? 
1371 
1870 
1869 
Fiour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
obis. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. 
2:3,701,500 17.723,200 337.600 3.428.100 3,584.500 
...1a3,500 22,.61,<00 18,552,200 950,260 2,153 000 3,385,900 
••■■137.300 1,349 100 29,928,100 474'.600 I’.SlsifiOO sSbOOO 
-20.042,300 1,107,900 3.839.400 6,639,400 
i....430,400 11,124,(00 4,805,100 581,500 3.984,700 6,167.500 
Receipts of Breadstufs in New York in each of the 
last six years; 
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Bye. Barley. Oats. 
I'bls. hush. bush. hush, bush! bush. 
-1.011.207 11.817.215 20.339.000 502,111 2.776,025 10,792.019 
-3.546.'68 33.559.870 24,539,345 992,441 2,443,526 11,235,490 
. ...8,031.771 16,339,113 25,292.156 491.563 5,117.351 12.486,348 
-8.649.01.5 26.518,360 27,403,156 1,055.621 3.869.123 12,546,966 
....1.143.993 24,033,742 9,143,478 550,169 5,020,718 9,626,606 
....3,535,716 23(813,652 11,666,784 351,803 3.007,958 8,747,322 
6. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. 
Flour. 
Wheat. 
Corn. 
Bye. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
1874.. 
..2,177,608 
31,701,249 
19,000,995 
641,661 
3,560 
122,528 
1873.. 
..1,655,331 
27,801,829 
15,587,527 : 
1,009,143 
19,376 
49,710 
1872.. 
..1.179,050 
-13,144,956 
27,864,000 
668,547 
22,656 
81.4S0 
1871.. 
. .1,659,755 
21,968,643 
13,046,570 
525,772 
98,745 
47,310 
1870 . 
..1,950,234 
18,416,035 
487,792 
92.431 
-v- 
28,986 
1869.. 
..1,583,211 
IS,240,586 
1,637,586 
142,542 
— 
49,393 
7. Comparative Stock of Flour in New York, Jan. 1: 
187-2. 1873. 1874. 1875. 
Western and State Flour...330,197 322,124 244,412 261,169 
Canada Flour. 300 1,800 1,050 100 
Southern Flour. 25,974 36,700 24,289 15,320 
California Flour. 100 3,000 - 250 
Grand total, bbls.356,271 363,624 260,751 277,439 
8. Comparative Stock of Grain in New York, Jan. 1: 
1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 
Wheat, bushels.4,227,181 1,996,984 1,258,600 4,600,711 
Corn, bushels .1,439,804 6,125,803 1,272,500 1,146,408 
Rye, bushels.573,557 110,854 14,630 114,899 
Bariev, bushels. 565,772 1,211,176 194,400 561,951 
Oats, bushels.2,874,586 1,765,699 471,600 1,283,464 
Malt, bushels. 129.480 258,402 26,530 182,775 
Teas, bushels. 9,500 9,292 12,470 15,139 
Current Wholesale 1’rices. 
Price of Gold . 
Dec. 12. 
Ill 5-8 
Jan. 12. 
113 3-8 
Flour— Super to Extra State 4)3 70 
© 
5 80 
$4 00 
© 5 75 
super to Extra Southern_ 
4 80 
© 
3 50 
4 75 
© 7 25 
Extra Western. 
4 65 
8 25 
4 60 
@ 8 00 
Extra Genesee. 
5 00 
© 
7 00 
5 00 
@ 6 75 
Superfine Western.. 
8 70 
© 
4 40 
4 00 
(at 4 50 
Rye Flour . 
4 35 
@ 
5 60 
4 00 
© 5 25 
Corn-Meal. . 
4 20 
© 
5 00 
4 00 
@ 4 85 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 
1 25 
© 
1 40 
1 25 
@ l 35 
All kinds of lied and Amber. 
l 05 
© 
l 30 
1 07 
@ l 31 
Corn— Yellow. 
89 
© 
04 
87V@ 90 
Mixed . 
88 
© 
96 
86 
© 96 
White . 
39 
© 
95 
87 
@ 89 
Oats - Western. 
67 
@ 
70 
67 
@ 71 
06 
© 
70 
65 
© 71 
92 
© 
93 
93 
@ 96 
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1 25 
@ 
1 05 
1 25 
@ 1 60 
Hay— Hale, ift 100 lbs. 
55 
© 
95 
55 
@ 95 
Straw, ^ 100 lbs. 
40 
© 
65 
45 
@ 65 
Cotton— Middlings. ?( lb ... 14 
Mops— Crop of 1874. 10 lb. 35 © 
Feathers—L ive Geese, 10 lb 
Seed—C lover. ifMb . 
Timothy. 10 bushel.. 
Flax. '# bushel. 
Sugar—I leli’g& Grocery 19 lb 
Molasses. Cuba. IDgal. ... . 
New Orleans, IP gal . 
Coffee—R io (Gold). 
Tobacco. Kentucky, &c..$»n>. 
Seed Leaf, 10 lb . 
Wool—D omestic Fleece, 10 lb 
Domestic, palled, 10 ft. 
California, clip. 
Tallow, 10 lb . 
Oil-Cake— 10 ton 
143$ 
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65 
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. 43 75 @46 00 
Fork—M ess, 10 barrel.20 G2V®20 75 
Prime Mess, 10 barrel . _ 19 50 @20 50 
Beef—P lain mess. 9 50 @11 00 
I,a lit), in ti cs. & barrels, 10 lb 
Butter—S tate, lb. 
Western, lb . 
Ciieese.. . .. . 
Beans— 10 lmshel. 1 60 
Peas—C anada, free, ?) bu 
Eggs—F resh, 3R dozen 
Poultry—F owls. 
Turkeys — 10 ib. 
Geese, 10 pair. 
Ducks, 10 pair. 
Pigeons, ?> dozen. 2 25 
Woodcock, ?) pair_ 
Grouse, 1ft pair. 
Partridges, ?) pair. 
Venison, 10 lb. 
Wild Ducks, ?> pair. 
Wild Turkeys, H) lb 
§ UAIL, 10 dozen. 
ares. pair. 
Rabbits, per pair__ 
Turnips $ bbl. 1 00 
Cabrages—10 100... 3 50 
Onions—'$ bbl... 
Potatoes—?) bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes—$ bbl. 3 00 
Broom-corn 
Grapes, $ lb 
Apples— 10 barrel. 1 00 
Cranberries—?) bbl. 
Green Peas, new, ?) bushel.. 
Squash. ?) bbl. 
Cauliflowers, ?) dozen. 150 
Horse Radish, per bbl. 5 00 
Peppers, per 160.. 
Celery, ?) dozen . 
6 
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Gold has been up to 113, and down to Uli, closing Jan¬ 
uary 12th, at 112J as against lllf on December 12tb.... 
Produce movements have shown less animation. Re¬ 
ceipts and sales of Breadstuffs have been on a restricted 
scale, and values have been generally depressed. There 
has been less inquiry from export buyers, checked, in 
part, by the scarcity of ocean freight room. Toward 
the close, rather more demand has been noted at the rul¬ 
ing figures, chiefly for shipping grades of Flour, No. 2 
Spring and Amber Winter Wheat, new mixed Corn, Can* 
ada West Barley, and mixed Oats, on a steadier basis as 
to values... .Provisions have been in fairly active de¬ 
mand—hog products attracting more attention from 
speculative and export buyers—and closing more firmly 
_Cotton has been quite freely dealt in, largely on 
speculative account, at advanced prices... .Wool has 
been more sought after, and quoted stronger in price. 
The stock of domestic Wool in this market on the 1st 
inst., comprised 7,217,000 lbs. (as against 4,559.000 lbs. a 
year ago), including of Domestic Fleece, 1,494,000 lbs.: 
Pulled, 410,000 lbs.; Tub-washed and Scoured, 106.000 
lbs.; Texas, 1.207,000 lbs.; California and Oregon Spring, 
1,987,000 lbs.; California and Oregon Fall, 1,027,000 lbs.; 
California and Oregon Pulled, 23,000 lbs.; Colorado, 20,- 
000 lbs.; Georgia and Lake, 43,000 lbs_Hops, Hay, 
Straw, and Tobacco, have been held with more confi¬ 
dence, though not active.... Seeds have shown more 
firmness, with a better demand noted for Clover, both 
Western and State. 
New York live-Stock Markets. 
receipts. 
week ending Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
Dec. 21. 8,546 84 1,074 18.6S5 40,949 69,338 
Dec. 28 . 6,547 77 688 19,650 39,559 66,521 
Jan. 4 . 7,416 47 518 13,745 19,386 41,112 
Jan. 11. 7,299 110 817 23,362 35,011 66,029 
Total for 4 Weeks.. 29,808 318 3,097 75,442 134,935 243,600 
do. for prev.o Weeksil,272 351 6,346 136,732 247,412 432,113 
Beeves. Cmos. Calves. Sheen. Swine. 
Average per Week . . 7,452 79 774 18,860 33,734 
do. do. last Month... 8,254 70 1,269 23’,346 49J42 
do. do, prey's Month.. 9,817 59 1,710 29,887 42177 
Beef Cattle .—As compared with the supply for 1873, 
that of 1S74 shows an increase of 11,289 beeves, although 
a decrease occurred in all other classes of stock. In 
looking back over the business of the past year, the 
most noticeable facts are the falling off in quality of the 
stock offered here, and the higher rates paid for fat stock ; 
but chiefly the unprofitable character of the business of 
the butchers, which has caused numerous and heavy 
failures. Commission men have lost at least $300,000, by 
reason of these failures. For the past month business 
has been generally active, with only slight fluctuations in 
values. The closing business showed a gain over the 
prices of the week previous, with an active market. 
Native steers ranged from 9)4c. for poor liyc. f) lb 
for premium beasts, to dress 55 to 60 lbs. ^ gross cwt. 
Texans sold for 9 cents, to dress 54 lbs., and a lot of year¬ 
ling heifers brought Syc. 7? lb. to dress 54 lbs. cwt. 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows: 
week ending Bunge. Large Sales. Aver. 
Dec. 21.S @15>$c. 10K@ll>$c. 11 c. 
Dec. 28. 8 @14)$c. 103$®113(C. llHc. 
Jan. 4. 7%®14 c. 10X@llkc. 11 c. 
Jan. 11.8 @14H<x 10JSf@ll>$c. 11 c. 
Milch Cows.—The market for cows lias been with¬ 
out change, with a brisk demand. Choice fresh milkers 
sold quickly for $50@,$90 per head. Springers were not 
wanted.Calves.—There has been a steady demand 
for good veals, and the market may be called active at 
7@llc. lb. for poor to good. Grassers are selling at 
$7@$12 per head. 36 yearlings sold for $18@$18.75 per 
bead.Sheep and lambs,-A large business has 
been done in sheep, without change in prices. Poor to 
good sheep sold at the close at 5X@7Xc. <jf) lb., and a lot 
of mixed extra sheep and lambs at 8%c. f! lb ... Swine. 
—There is nothing new to notice in regard to swine. 
The market has been steady, and closes with sales of livs 
hogs at 7kfc. <p B>. for 160 lb. Ohios, and dressed at Sy 
@8%c. for Western, and Syia)9c. $ lb. for City. 
N. Y. Live Stock Trade for 1874. 
Beef Cattle.—Total reported receipts in ’74.*..454,000 
do. 
do. do. 
’73.. 
.443,000 
do. 
do. do. 
’72.. 
.425.000 
do. 
do. do. 
’71. 
..381,000 
Average Weekly Receipts 
during 1874. 
...8,730 
Average prices $ tt> for 
the net weight of the 
dressed 
carcasses, ranged in Jan. 10|@llc., Feb. 10f@,10£c., Mar. 
10}@ll*c., April ll®10ic„ May llj@,llc., June UJ@12@ 
ll}c., July ll@llic., August llj@llc., Sept. 10-|@10£c., 
Oct. 10@10J@9}c., Nov. 9£@10c., Dec. 10@llie. These 
prices are for good qualities ; extras run higher, and 
lower grades much under these figures. 
Of these cattle about 260,000 arrived at the Jersey cat¬ 
tle yards, 30,000 at the Wehawken yards, and 160,000 at 
the One-hundreth street yards. They were credited to 
the following States: Illinois 230,000, Texas 75.000, Ken¬ 
tucky 32.000, Missouri 30.000, Ohio 25,000, Virginia 14,000, 
N. Y. 13,500, Indiana 12,500, Colorado 12,500, Iowa 6,000, 
Michigan 1.400, Kansas 1,100, Canada 850, Pennsylvania 
400, with smaller lots from N. J., Md., and Neb. Doubt¬ 
less Illinois gets credit for some cattle merely brought 
through that State, and Texas for some gathered in the 
Indian Territory, etc. 
Milch Cows.—Reported receipts for the year, 
3,700. or about 70 a week. 
Veal Calves.—Receipts for the year about 100,000, 
or about 2,000 a week, ranging from 600 a week in Jan. 
and Feb., to 3,000@4,400 in May and June. 
Sheep and lambs.-Receipts for the year about 
1,200,000, or 23,000 a week, ranging from 10,000 a week in 
May to near 30,000 in Aug. and Sept. The prices $ fi> 
live weight for good sheep, ranged from 7c. to 9c. be¬ 
tween Jan. 1st and May 15th ; and for shorn sheep 5|@ 
6f-c. from June to Dec., and 7c. in December. 
hive Hogs.—Receipts for the year about 1,800,000, 
or 35,000 a week, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 a week in 
winter and midsummer, to 40,000 and 50,000 in Novem¬ 
ber and December. Prices tt> live weight 5@6c. the 
first six months, 7@7}c. in July, Aug. and Sept.; 6j@7c. 
Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 : 7i@"ic. in Nov. and Dec. The weekly 
receipts of live hogs in the N. Y. markets have ranged 
about as follows: 1869, 6,000; 1870. 17,000 ; 1871, 25,000; 
1872, 37,000 ; 1873, 38,000 ; 1874, 34,000. 
